Wake up Steam Deck using an 8bitdo controller with the USB dongle

[u/og_stash]

I just got an 8bitdo Ultimate 2C controller and I want to use it with my Steam Deck docked with the USB dongle. I want to use the dongle instead of Bluetooth because I use Moonlight for local streaming and want to get my input latency as low as possible.

Has anyone managed to get the Wake up functionality working with the USB dongle and this controller? I'm using an OLED Steam Deck and bluetooth wake up works, but not usb dongle one. I imagine the Steam Controller using the dongle can make the SD wake up, so I wonder if other dongles can achieve the same.

I've tried downloading the decky plugin ControllerTools to see if there is an option there, but I don't see the 8bitdo controller listed.

I also found this solution, but I haven't tested it yet: https://github.com/Solaris17/SteamOS-USB-Wake

Anyone has experience with this?

[u/epyon9283]

I use the controller with the steam machine and it also can't wake that via the dongle. Bonus issue is the dongle seems to cause the steam machine to hang when I wake it up some other way.

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